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Washington Daily News (Newspaper) - November 4, 1970, Washington, North CarolinaWeather Cotta in Mountain with Light Litva Hub tonight and Ttturs-Day., cold re a at of Mountain might with Chanca of rate thursday Washington daily news if you do not got your paper dial 944-1143 Between a id1 and 1 00 o clock and one Arll a dab Varad to you. Stabl Tsig in Quot fut teen pages Washington North Carolina wed Neslav afternoon. November 4, 1970 daily except sunday demos withstand big gop push clasp an even firmer hold on .n.c. General Assembly Beaufort voting Lilley wins Board seat Beaufort county voter went to the polls yesterday Only 4,500 a Strong but they gave big margins to Walter Jones for Coti Gren and to j. Stan til Lilly for Beaufort county com missioner. Or. Jones beat Frank Everett in Beaufort county by a margin of 3,006 to 1,307 or Lilly beat Orion Peevy by a margin of 3,375 to 706 voting was extremely Light All Over the county and returns s began coming into the daily news office 10 minutes after the polls dosed. Two years a o 11,600 voters in Beaufort county went to the polls Beaufort county voters approved six of the seven amendments handily but the seventh was Defeated by a Good margin. It was the literacy test requirement and local Votan do not wish that teat abandoned. On the first proposal that of ravishing the Constitution and making it simpler the vote was for 2.34. Against-1,083. On the second proposal that of reducing the departments in the state to not More than 25, the vote was for-2.411 a gainst-1,073. The third proposal allowing the legislature to Call itself into special session by vote of three fifths of its members was carried As follows for-2,035 against-1,370. The fourth proposal concerning state and local finance was passed Here by the following vote for-1,905 against-1,272. The fifth proposal concerning income tax revisions was passed Here As follows for-2,013 against-1,247 the sixth amendment a proposal to Divide escheat among All state educational institutions and not merely Imp at Chapel Hill passed thusly Stancill Lilley for-2,217 against-1.033 the seventh proposal to abolish literacy tests was Defeated Here and apparently statewide also the vote was for-1,421 against 1.979 less than a third of the eligible voters in Beaufort county went to the polls yesterday. With More than 14.000 registered voters almost 10.000 of them stayed at Home a or. Lilly takes his place on the Board of Beaufort county commissioners on the first monday in december. He replaces mimic Boyd who did a see vote Page 14 curbing t h Cage up Sqq project sought to Superior court Belhaven Belhaven officials and citizens will meet with state Highway commission officials thursday to discuss a request for cd facing and guttering of North Pamlico Street which connects downtown with u. S. 264 East. Or. Charles o. Boyette mayor announcing the meeting at the monthly session of the Board of aldermen monday night asked interested citizens to join him and other town officials at 2 . In a meeting with c. W. Snell District Engineer. Mayor Boyette also announced that Belhaven will represent Beaufort county in area development Competition sponsored by the coastal Plains development association. He said the Community will be judged wednesday from 4 to 5 a . In other actions the Board a agreed to study a simple land development plan for see Belhaven. Page 14 a deferred All jurors deferred from previous sessions of Beaufort county Superior court to serve on the nov. 30 session of court Are to be deferred until the dec. 7, 1970 session mrs. Bessie Cherry Beaufort county clerk of court announced today. Mrs Cherry said the people involved will be notified by the a clerks office accordingly. A a Charles r. Davis and David m. Milligan ousted Beaufort tech officials disclosed Here today that they intend to carry their Case to the Superior court following a decision Here last night by the trustees to uphold their dismissal. A it is with sincere regret that we have had to make this decision Quot Milligan said a and in truth our decision was not based entirely on an Effort to serve our own interests in the matter but at this Point is also in the interest of the school and our fellow employees at county gave the following account of the action that immediately preceded the attempted dismissal a less than two months after signing contracts with the Board of trustees or Byrd handed Down an organizational Chart that proposed to demote me from Dean to director. I proposed to him an alternate Chart that would Honor my contract and when he brushed my suggestion aside i asked that i be allowed to address myself to the trustees on this. See tech Case Page 14 Beaufort tech who Are living and attempting to work under a a. Cloud of w Loki soil a it is important that we prove that our and their contracts and. The Laws of this state mean Uli eral out something and can not be brushed aside without funeral services for mrs. Reasonable Helen p. Wilkinson age 64, of the trustees decided that it. 2 Washington North Davis and Milligan Are guilty of shores will be held at the insubordination and other Chapel of the Paul funeral conduct unbecoming a member Home thursday morning at 11 of Beaufort tech. Quot it is therefore found Quot the official statement said a that of clock conducted by the Rev. Horace s. Garris. Burial will follow in Oakdale cemetery. Suspension of Dave la and the following will serve As Milligan was justified that pallbearers George a. Phillips suspension be made final and Mur Daniels George w. That they be permanently Taylor Richard j. Ross Clifton dismissed As employees of Weatherly and Blake c. Lewis. Beaufort county technical mrs. Wilkinson died in the Beaufort county Hospital commenting for the first time monday night following an since the attempted dismissal illness of two years on september 1.4, or. Davis a former assistant superintendent of schools to Carteret surviving Are her husband and Mother three Brothers and. Three Sisters. One killed two Hurt in wreck one Man was killed and two seriously injured in a two car collision at the Cornero Jarfet and third streets Efcy Dav. Willie Joe Raat Elf 44, s resident of 621 e. Second Street and an employee of the Mason lumber company was dead on arrival at the county Hospital two others William a. Hunt Iii and Frank Edward Griffin were hospitalized with injuries Washington police said this morning they had been unable to determine exactly How the Accident happened no charges have been filed. They said that a 1970 Maverick was being operated by Hunt while Rast and Griffin were in the other vehicle a 1963 or 1964 Ford. They said it has not been determined which Man was driving the Ford. Both cars were a total Loas extent of injuries to Hunt and Griffin was not. Known. Meanwhile an investigation is continuing into the Accident. Rast a native of Columbus miss had been making his Home Here for the past two and a half year. He was a Veteran of world War ii and worked at the Mason lumber company where he operated a Fork Ufa. Sti. Dying a in f a Idun. A Mary Strickland Hast four stepchildren mrs. Milford elks of this City Alice Faye Stockland Fred Strick land and Roger Dail Strick land All of the Home one step grandchild one brother Paul Rast of Columbus miss and two Sisters mrs. Stillman Adkins and mrs. Nell Hollings r both of to oium Bua. Miss. Funeral plans will be announced by the Paul funeral Home. Bloodmobile gets 226 pints Here the red Cross Bloo Teot be went Over the top during los two Day Stop Here Moon to and tuesday. Bobby Mackenzie chairman said 266 pints were collected and 50 rejects recorded in a surge of Success greater than had been expected. Mackenzie said support came from Many quarters a the Young workers and local institutions. A we Are appreciative of the kind of support we received a he declared noting not Only the Large number of donors but he help of various groups in assisting with the mood Bank Stop. It Mackenzie said he was reluctant to Point out any single group lest he Overlook someone see blood Page 14 Hyde vote Swan Quarter a 8c n fit the county voters went to the polls yesterday and gave Walter Jones a wide margin for Congress. And Uke republicans fail to net House seats despite Aid by Reese Hart associated press or or Raleigh a democrats withstood an unprecedented Republican Campaign and clasped an even firmer hold than before on North Carolinas Trade at Road meeting Arthur Tripp Center District Highway commissioner is flanked on the left by w. R. Roberson. Jr., n. C. Representative and on the right by j. A. Hackney Iii chairman of the Washington chamber of Commerce committee on transportation and development. Or. Tripp announced Plana for the Survey of Highway 30-33 from Washington to Greenville with the idea in mind of four Laning it in the future. Photo by Litchfield Hyde approved of the first six state constitutional amendments but voted against the seventh. Or Jones Defeated or. Everett by a margin of 728, to 332 with Gene Leggett. American party candidate polling 15 votes. The following is the result of the amendment voting number 1 a for m. Against 273 number 2 a por 444, against 229 number 3 for 315-. Quot against 272 number 4 a for 312. Against 252 number 5 a for 325. Against 264 number 5 Fer 24, against 245 number 7 a for 399, against 439. See area vote tables on Page 9 by Noel Yancey associated press writer Raleigh a despite assists from president Nixon and vice president Spiro Agnew North Carolina republicans failed tuesday in their determined drive to capture More of North Carolina s congressional seats. Returns from the bitterest congressional Campaign in recent state history produced no upsets All 11 incumbents won and the lineup of 7 democrats and 4 republicans was unchanged in their drive to capture More of the North Carolina districts the republicans brought president Nixon into Asheville but Veteran Democrat Roy a. Taylor won handily Over the republicans Luke Atkinson the vice president was brought to Raleigh in the 4th District where democratic rep. Nick Galifianakis was under a Strong attack by Republican Jack Hawke. But Galifianakis won the Cloae race republicans made Strong bids City Hal gets new look doors Washington s City Hall is presently in the process of being spruced up by the City with its exterior completely painted Edward a. Wyatt a local City manager said the outside paint Job is part of several changes being made at City Hall. Previously painted White the new paint color on the local building is a Light Gray. Wyatt said the building inspectors office has been moved inside the City Hall. The building inspector now occupies the area that was previously used As the Entrance to the City managers office. All visitors to City Hall Are now encouraged to use the door to the electric utilities Section. It will become the main Entrance to the building a we Are changing a few other arrangements in the building to give us More working space because we need it a Wyatt pointed out the building had previously had entrances fronting Market Street. They were utilities door tax door door to City Council Chambers and City managers door. In the future All citizens and visitors Are urged to use rep Walter Jon he also in the third District where Democrat David Henderson sur Vived a replay of his 1968 Victory Over Herb Howell and in the 1st District where Democrat Walter Jones easily Defeated r Frank Everett a former Democrat who served in the general Assembly with Jones and Gene Leggett a private detective from new Bern who ran under the american party ban r Ltd one of the closest races came in the rth District where Democrat Clifton Blue a former speaker of the state House of representatives was edged by Republican Earl Ruth a former director of athletics and Dean of students at Catawba College Blue led throughout the Early counting of re turns but it was apparent front the Start that Ruth would win when his Anchor counties of Rowan and Cabarrus. Were heard from Republican rep Charles r Jonas easily turned aside the Challenge of Charlotte broadcast executive cym Bahakel and won election Toa 10th consecutive term in the 9th District another rep Mican Veteran. Rep James Broyhill had Little troupe in defeating the come Hack bid of former rep Basil Whitener a Democrat in the 10th District. Veteran Democrat Alton a. I Teton won handily in the 7th a District As did Democrat Rich Ardson prayer in the 6th District and Republican rep Wilmer vinegar Bondi Mozeil in the set Congress Page 14 City Hall being spruced up what was the electric utilities door a in that Way we can arrange to direct our visitors to the people they Are coming to City Hail to see without having to require them to roam around the building until they locate the person they want to see a Wyatt said. Tea aah a Mno crat Iii Gelil general Assembly in tuesdays election virtually Complete returns today showed democrats will dominate the 1971 general Assembly 43-7 in the Senate and 97-23 in the House a net loss of 11 seats for the gop the lineup in the last Legisla live session was 44 12 in the sen ate and 91 29 in the House republicans had. Put up More Candida Tes than Ever before and had coordinated their campaigns through state gop Headquarters in an Effort to increase their general Assembly standing the gop candidates hammered steadily at the tax Issue charging that the democratic majority in the i960 sets Ion enacted unneeded levies. The Issue appeared to Bear frail in Only a few areas however. It apparently was a major Factor in a bitter Battle which Veteran sen Ralph Scott d Alamance had to fight to retain his seat. Scott Uncle of gov. Scott and a Veteran of eight terms in the Senate won by Only 14 votes Over Republican Hubert v. G. Lowe of Alamance republicans went All out in an Effort to defeat Scott a Dairyman who headed the Senate Quot a finance committee in Hie Imp session. Cor Pleie Usu it no it a it returns from the 17th senatorial District gave Scott 7.588 votes to Lowe s 7,574 stale american party chairman Walter Greene of Burlington ran a poor third negroes will fill two of the 120 House seats democratic rep. Henry Frye who served in 1989 led he Guilford county legislative ticket for six seats. The other negro House member will be Joy Johnston Democrat of Robeson who was unopposed James roes negro Democrat in Mecklenburg lost out m his bid for a House seat. . Ingalls passes Here Lea men Henderson Ingalls or age 62, a Farmer end a former taxi Driver of 222 East second Street died in the Beaufort county Hospital wednesday afternoon at 1 30 of clock following a critical illness of one Day and declining health of several years. Or Ingalls was born in mar tin county aug 5. 1908 son of the late Samuel k and Mattie Silverthorne Ingalls he was a member of the Beaver dam Church of Christ. He was married to the former Inez Russell of this City sept. 30. B1941. Who survive other survivors Are four sons Leamon h. Ingalls jr., of Winston Salem William i see Ingalls Page 14 six amendments oked one fails by Yvonne Baskin associated press writer Raleigh to amendments providing for the overhaul of North Carolinas Constitution and its state government apparently won the blessings of voter tuesday. With returns still incomplete it appeared also that tar heels rejected a proposal to delete the literacy requirements for voting from the Constitution. The literacy test proposal was the Only one of seven amendments on the general election ballot to be Defeated. Besides the constitutional revision and government reorganization amendments the voters approved proposals to. A allow the Genera 1 Assembly to Call itself into special session. A revise the present limits on state and local government taxing and borrowing. A delete the constitutional provisions for minimum income tax exemptions. A and. Divide the benefits of escheat among the states 16 Public a Nevers i t i is. Escheat Means the property which reverts to the state when an owner Dies without heirs or other lawful claimants. Currently escheat Jjo Excita Svety to the consolidated University of North Carolina. The amendment requiring reorganization of state government was the Only one of the proposals which had stirred any significant controversy. It was strongly supported by gov. Bob Scott and received the endorsement of the chairmen of both the democratic and re pub bean parties. Supporters claimed it would increase government efficiency and make the sprawling Complex of state agencies More manageable. The amendment does two things a it requires the general Assembly to reduce the state s More than 300 administrative agencies and departments to not More than 2s by 1971. And it authorizes the governor to reorganize the state administrative agencies by executive order. The purpose of the editorial revision amendment was to modernize and streamline the state s Century old Constitution. 1 North Carolinas is the Only re construction Era Constitution that has not been completely rewritten at least once. The revision makes the language of the document More understandable and direct and deletes sections that Are obsolete or contradict the . Constitution several substantive changes Are included in the revision. For instance the first state guarantees of Freedom of speech and equal Protection of the Laws Are added. But the changes Are not designed to impair any of the present rights of citizens or the Powers and limitations of government. The revised document will become the official Constitution on the literacy amendment was considered of sentimental value Only since literacy requirements Are now effectively eliminated by Federal Law. A three judge Federal panel last week ordered North Carolina to allow illiterates to vote in. The general election in. Compliance with the 1970 amendments to the voting rights act. Because of the sentiment expressed by voters tuesday the state Board of elections is expected to Appeal the panels decision. The amendment dealing with local government finance was strongly supported by the North Carolina association of county commissioners and the North Carolina league of municipal see amendments Page 14> a

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